Learn about the accomplishments and changes that have taken place at SwedishAmerican during the past two years.

CARING FOR OUR COMMUNITY

Improving Community Health

SwedishAmerican has sought to improve the community's health by taking effective lifestyle modification programs  including the Dr. Dean Ornish Program for Reversing Heart Disease and the Coronary Health Improvement Project (CHIP)  to the people who need them most. Although this applies to the community at large, we have taken special efforts to bring these strategies to the city's elderly and underserved residents. This is demonstrated by our successful wellness program to improve the health of residents at Longwood Plaza, a senior housing facility located two blocks from our hospital's campus. With the assistance of a generous donation from the Walter D. Williams estate, SwedishAmerican and ZION Development Corp. created a program that achieved remarkable results through better nutrition and exercise:

Healthy total cholesterol improved from 35 percent of participants to 100 percent of participants